Professional association of family child care providers in BC. Promotes professional development and high standards of practice; provides a network of support and services for members; advocates for family child care providers, young children, and families; an...

Website that promotes positive mental health and provides leadership, best practices, resources, awareness, education, training, and supports for first responders such as firefighters, paramedics, and law enforcement officers. Provides a central inventory of r...

Supports and advances the profession of community pharmacists and pharmacies in BC. Office hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. Nonprofit society.

Promotes and advances the profession of psychology and represents registered psychologists in BC. Provides professional development and networking activities for members. Offers referrals to psychologists, and website has a searchable directory of member psych...

Provides advocacy, communications, training, education, legal, and legislative services to its own members (BC's publicly elected boards of education), and to the Conseil Scolaire Francophone (BC's francophone education authority). Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm...

Regulatory body for landscape architecture in BC under the Architects (Landscape) Act. Dedicated to upholding public health, safety, and welfare as it relates to the professional practice of landscape architecture. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

Teachers' union concerned with fostering and promoting the cause of public education, advocating for the rights of teachers, and raising the status of the teaching profession. Also conducts research on topics including bargaining, education policy, professiona...

Mental health organization that provides counselling, peer support, and public awareness across Canada. Counselling is offered to those affected by mental health issues including PTSD and suicidal thoughts/actions. It can be delivered in-person, by phone or on...

Professional trade association for the cosmetology industry in BC. Provides training, education, and certification to barbers, hairstylists, estheticians, and nail technicians; and refers the public to these services. Members also include beauty school owners,...

Promotes community cohesion, individual health, and family health. Free counselling with a registered social worker includes mental health and/or addiction counselling, trauma therapy for abuse including residential school abuse, and marital and parenting coun...

Empowers people with bipolar disorder to improve and self-manage their health and wellness. Website services include online information, webinars providing research, resources, and tools regarding quality of life; short videos on self-management strategies; in...

Professional association for the commercial real estate industry. Provides networking opportunities, access to educational courses, and advocacy to its members. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Victoria chapter also run out of this office. Nonprofit so...

Provides individual, couples, family, and play therapy to people of all faiths and backgrounds, addressing a wide range of issues and using a variety of approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), play therapy, and eye movement desensitization and ...

Organization of community-based primary care physicians. Provides local physicians with the opportunity to work collaboratively with Fraser Health and Ministry of Health to identify health care needs in the community and develop solutions to meet them. Members...

Offers a BC-wide online psycho-educational program for adults aimed at improving mental health. The Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Skills Groups integrate neuroscience, mindfulness, and CBT skills and concepts. The focus is on helping an individual become...

Voluntary organization with regional representation across Canadian provinces and territories. Promotes, certifies, and monitors the competency of addiction counsellors in order to provide public protection for counsellors, employers, regulatory agencies, and ...

Regional chapter of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT). Provides regional representation and support to occupational therapists in British Columbia. Also provides the public with information and tools help locate an occupational therapi...

Works to enhance the professional interests of its members and protect the independence of the judiciary and the bar. Provides personal and professional development courses. Promotes fair justice systems and facilitates effective law reform. Also promotes equa...

Aims to reduce male suicide, empower fathers undergoing separation and divorce, and help boys and men heal from trauma through a variety of services. Provides One-on-One Counselling via Zoom to men ages 18 and up for issues such as depression, anxiety, addicti...

National bilingual association of Canadian certified counsellors and psychotherapists that promotes the professional contribution to mental health and well-being of Canadians. Advocates for counsellors and psychotherapists and the role they play in health care...

Facilitates access to the resources people require to maintain and improve mental health and community integration, and provides support in recovery from mental illness, substance use, and addictive behaviour. Promotes inclusion, advocacy, and research. Also p...

Dedicated to promoting mental health and enhancing public awareness of mental illness. Provides community integration and education services in order to promote the mental wellness of all community members, and also provides opportunities for learning about se...

Empowers people with mental health challenges to improve the quality of their lives through a range of support and advocacy services. Services include education to increase community awareness of mental health issues and to develop skills related to managing m...

Facilitates access to resources required to maintain and improve mental health and community integration, build resilience, and support recovery from mental illness. Bridges is a skills-based, peer-led series of workshops for adults on mental health. Chronic D...

Provides services regarding mental health and mental illness including information and referral to community resources and mental health education to the public. Also advocates for improvement of the continuum of mental health services available to clients in ...